the most hairyest approach

[Dav8tor]

PHL ILS 9R...I was vector straight to the marker about 30 miles out and cleared to land. No waiting or holding...Wow...very unusual for Philly...thought I was at the wrong airport...he he he...

 

[amaineiac]

Rolled out on a 10 mile final for 31R at JFK on Sep. 14, 2001 and saw smoke instead of the towers.

One of the most depressing and distracting things I've ever seen.

 

[iflyabeech]

Dutch Harbor,Alaska
http://download.aopa.org/iap/20040219/ALASKA/dut_gps_e.pdf

Cape Newhenham, Cape Romonzoff. All the plates say successful go-around improbable if initiated beyond missed approach point!

 

[amcnd]

VOR aproach into saltio Mexico in a EMB-135. Very bad english ATC. your prety much on your own. Montains everywere. No lights around, and windy.

 

[Sphincter Boy]

VOR aproach into saltio Mexico in a EMB-135. Very bad english ATC. your prety much on your own. Montains everywere. No lights around, and windy.

I second that except mine was the ILS to 17 at SLT at dusk. Weather was 100 overcast and 1/2mile vis. SLT approach said ceilings was less that published mins and we had a very a hard time convincing him that all we needed was the visiblitly to at least take a look. Long story short , we hit mins and absolutly nothing. Not even ground contact. It was the FO's leg, we went missed and he climbed like a banshee to the Minimum Holding Altitude. Monterrey went down to below mins and had to go all the way back to Houston. That was the eriest approach ever because you could see all the mountains poking thru the overcast on our final decent, and losing sight of those bad boys really made my hands sweat, and that hasn't happend in a long long time.

 

[belchfire]

wizwheel nailed it...Scammon bay, there
and Nightmute and Goodnews Bay...

but that was 135...er, and "vfr"...

The NDB to Ft Lenord Wood, with the
Strikefinder, er, ADF pointing at everything
BUT Buckhorn!!!

 

[mike1mc]

Teterboro during evening rush hour with weather at minimums. If you can keep up with controller instructions, you get to land as a reward.

 

[mckpickle]

Doing a new hires IOE in the ATR. Just departed EWR about 500 overcast rain, mist. Couple minutes after take off #2 pukes the oil and catches fire. He was a good guy but with only about 15 hours in the plane and not much actual time kind of there for the ride. Came back in on #1 pretty much single pilot to shot the approach.